Then I sorted through all of the items to see what I wanted to keep of my mom’s and what I was gonna put aside for her to sort through.

And here’s the after. I decided not to re-line the bottom with contact paper because I didn’t have the time to cut around all of those pipes. It was a little more involved than I had time for. But! I think it looks OK. At least I can see what I have now. I might move stuff around eventually and put a garbage can under there. Not sure yet!

To the left I have a bin of my cleaning supplies & a lineup of paper towels.

To the right, I used my mom’s bins and stacked the dish-washing stuff on top and rags on the bottom.

Awesome, as ever. A cheap, instant, probably-tacky-but-totally-works-for-me bin is the large mixed lettuce plastic bins fm. grocery stores. Good height to keep bottles upright, you can see right through it to grab your fav. sponge, easy to clean, is free and is re-using! =)

I know it’s probably personal preference, but I’m curious if you keep all your cleaning supplies in one place.

We just moved in to a new place this summer, and I’ve put supplies in the hall closet, but there’s not enough space for the multiples. So I’m separating what’s open/in use, and what’s extra. But, I also like the idea of having something handy in the kitchen for quickly cleaning up spills. But that would mean having supplies in 3 different places and that seems weird to me.

So what do you think? Everything in one place, or do you have things set up in different areas, (kitchen, bathroom, etc)?

I don’t keep it all in one place. In this new house there’s a couple of floors, so lugging things up and down the stairs isn’t an option. I keep cleaning supplies underneath the sink upstairs for quick access. Otherwise, I’m scattering that stuff ALL AROUND THE HOUSE. It’s all about convenience. Not having supplies close at hand is an excuse for me not to clean.

Ikea has some nifty bins with bottom rails that are easy to install. It’s easy to put bottles in the bins and then just slide it out along the rails. It ensures I don’t have things hiding in the back of the cabinet and I can get at them easily.